Conversation: 747-003
Prev: 747-002 Next: 747-004Start Date: 19-Jul-1972 9:48 AM
End Date: 19-Jul-1972 11:33 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Sanchez, Manolo; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:48 am to 11:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 747-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 747-3
Date: July 19, 1972
Time: 9:48 am - 11:33 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Greetings
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:48 and 11:53 am.
List of forthcoming congressional votes
[End of telephone conversation]
Ocean vacation site
-Assateague Island
-Thomas B. McCabe
-Neighboring property
-Description
-Grounds
-Transportation
-Helicopter, boat
-Compared to Camp David
-Living quarters
-Secret Service and communication personnel
-Grand Cay Bahamas
-Robert H. Abplanalp
-National park
-Donation to government
-McCabe
-McCabe
-San Clemente
-Labor Day
-Meetings
-Transportation
-Helicopter
-Chesapeake Bay Bridge
-Press
-Ocean City
-McCabe's farm
-Press facilities
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-McCabe’s property
-Size
-Air conditioning
-Beach
-Swimming
-Possible frequency of use
-Camp David
-Bedrooms
-Staff, Secret Service, communications personnel
-Ocean City
-Abplanalp
-Chesapeake Bay
-Jellyfish
-Possible use
-The President’s schedule
-Wedding
-Secret Service and communications personnel
-Camp David
-Abplanalp
-Manolo Sanchez
-Stewards
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 39s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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-Assateague Island retreat
The President’s schedule
-Republican National Convention
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Media
-The President's forthcoming press conferences
-Television and Oval Office
-Date
-Preparation
-Democratic and Republican conventions
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Location
-Ziegler
-White House press relations
-Memorandum for the President
-Herbert G. Klein
-John A. Scali
-Scali
-Television
-Klein
-Dealings with press
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 20s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Press relations
-1968 campaign
-Ziegler’s view
-Compared to Patrick J. Buchanan’s view
-The President
-Edith Efron's book [The News Twister]
-National compared to local press
-1960 campaign
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Press conferences
-Press conferences
-Klein
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-Performance as Press Secretary
-William P. Rogers
-Ziegler
-Compared to Klein
-Professional and personal
-Robert Pierpoint
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:48 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Manolo Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:33 am.
The President's schedule
-Beach vacation site
-Wedding
-California
Press relations
-Ziegler's views
-Possible interview
-William R. Hearst
-Associated Press [AP]
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-John W. Chancellor
-David Brinkley
-Harry Reasoner
-Off-the-record
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Kissinger
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], National Broadcasting Corporation
[NBC], American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
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-John D. Ehrlichman
-Ziegler’s views
-The President
-Editorial conference
-John C. Whitaker's memorandum
-Buchanan
-New York Times
-Los Angeles Times
-Whitaker's views
-Background
-Ziegler’s views
-Press conferences
-Airport
-Social events
-Oval Office
-Frequency
-Face the Nation
-George S. McGovern
-The President's news summary
-American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 22m 27s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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The President's schedule
-Trip to Japan
-Trip to Hawaii
-Meeting
-Honolulu
-Public reception
-Pearl Harbor
-Waikiki
-Laurance S. Rockefeller property
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-Oahu
-Milwaukee
-The President's April 1970 trip
-Apollo XIII astronauts
-Dwight D. Eisenhower's reception there
-Breakdown of population
-Japanese
-Chinese
-Hawaiians
-“Haoles” [Whites]
-Forthcoming visit of [Kakuei Tanaka]
-Hawaiian reaction
-Hiram L. Fong
-Instruction to Haldeman
-[John A. Burns]
-Daniel K. Inouye
-Ethnic background
-Japanese
-Fong
-Ethnic background
-Chinese
-Wife
-Polynesian
-US summit meeting with [Tanaka]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 32m 47s ]
Ziegler entered at 11:13 am.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Kissinger's schedule
-Return to US
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-Paris negotiations
-Announcement
-North Vietnamese
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 36s ]
ZIEGLER LEFT AT 11:17 AM.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:17 am.
The President's schedule
-Overseas Private Investment Corporation [OPIC]
-Bradford Mills
-Photograph opportunity
-Arthur S. Flemming
-Klein
-Thomas S. Sedlar
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:33 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7m 57s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:17 am.
The President's schedule
-Flemming
-Mills
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:33 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 34s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
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Haldeman left at 11:33 am.
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